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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Article on new mainframe use
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2024 02:36:34 -0000 (UTC)
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On Thu, 22 Aug 2024 15:59:34 -0500, BGB wrote:

> Underused: It is a sensible way of structuring data, but needing to
> interface with it though SQL strings is awkward and inefficient.

Actually, that works fine in any language with decent string handling.

> Or, do some weird OO thing where object methods exist for SQL keywords
> and each method returns an object that can be used to glue on the next
> keyword:
>    res=db.select().from("FOOTAB").where().equals("NAME", "John").end();

ORMs are a waste of time.